CHAPTER 48: CHAPTER 20: THE FINAL WRAP-UP

Just as expected...

Gu Mo let out a long sigh of relief. If the previous upgrade had made him concerned, now he was completely reassured.

A classic RPG setting—

The moment a character levels up, they’re in full state, with all DEBUFFs removed. No matter how dire their situation was before, even if they were on the brink of death, they’d instantly be full health and mana, not only restored to peak condition but even their attribute panel would have improved.

Because they leveled up after all...

As for the NPC monsters that had to endure all this, whether they were cursing like mad in their hearts, no one cared.

The heavy stone in his heart fell, and the reddened and darkened vision quickly cleared up. Gu Mo watched his reflection in the water, and as he let out a long breath, his previously taut nerves suddenly relaxed, followed by a sense of psychological fatigue.

Things like "Physical Strength" and "Spiritual Power" seemed to be replenished by the system’s upgrading mechanism, directly restoring him to full state.

However, something like "Attention" and "Concentration" doesn’t seem to have any effect; perhaps it’s because this kind of exhaustion is psychological, and even the foolish system can’t conduct such idealistic conversion?

Thinking this way, Gu Mo resisted the impulse to just lie down. He wasn’t really tired to the point of wanting to sleep on the spot; he just wanted to unwind a bit after being so tense.

Mainly because of this deadly sense of security...

He glanced at his reflection in the water and could see the black-haired girl standing right next to him, staring at him in shock, seemingly too stunned to speak. It was basically because of her presence, as her performance along the way really put him at ease.

Gu Mo was convinced that he could fall asleep right now, and nothing would happen.

This was why he felt so relaxed...

But because of this, along the way, the girl’s image in his mind had become increasingly vivid and flesh-out, no longer just the thin "game character" he remembered, or not purely so... but became more real based on the basic character setting he knew.

His thoughts were a bit scattered, and as Gu Mo pondered in a daze, he closed the upgrade page and began washing the bloodstains from his hands and arms.

As the sky gradually brightened, the river was no longer as dark as ink, and he could vaguely see the clear water. However, as he moved and with the rippling sound of water, the dark blood-red still spread across the surface, coming both from himself and the demons.

Since almost half of his body was stained with blood, it was hard to completely clean himself under these conditions. Realizing this, he chose to do a selective cleaning.

He washed his hands, wiped his face, and cleaned the area around his chest—

Which was originally the most severely injured area, a moment ago it was just a mess of flesh and blood.

Although the wounds healed immediately after leveling up, the blood that had flowed out and the shattered flesh were not cleaned up, just like the torn garments wouldn’t magically repair. The coagulated blood clots and blurred shredded skin were stuck together, particularly uncomfortable... and disgusting.

He quickly finished washing, stood up, and sighed at the sight of his tattered clothing.

Well, it’s just as it is. Fortunately, he’d added some points to his Power Attribute. Although his physique wasn’t particularly great, no eight-pack abs or anything, at least there were no flabby areas, and there was some muscle tone... hmm, maybe adding a bit more to Power, and he’d get an eight-pack?

Judging by the growth rate, it’s quite possible. Even if the power value of 12 doesn’t achieve this, a power value of 13 certainly will exceed this threshold.

Shaking the water off his hands, he turned around and, invigorated, made a sweeping gesture—

"Alright, I’m fine now, but I still have to thank you, Ah Xiu."

"..."

"..."

The black-haired girl behind him was looking at him with an extremely peculiar expression. She thought this scene had a sense of déjà vu, as if it had happened once before, only last time, after washing his hands, he’d seemed tired; now, he was full of life after being near death, just washing his hands by the river, as if he’d never been injured at all...

Such thoughts swirled in Hidechika’s mind, and her odd gaze kept wandering over the person’s chest and arms. She clearly remembered the terrifying injury that almost revealed the heart, and the bizarre twisted posture she had seen the person’s arm in previously.

But now, nothing, as if none of it had ever happened.

"Ahem, don’t look at me like that, I get shy too..." Gu Mo, a bit awkward, turned slightly away. He’s not used to being bare-chested like this and made an awkward joke, though the black-haired girl didn’t laugh.

She maintained a slightly furrowed brow, seemingly unsure about everything that had happened to the person in front of her. How could an ordinary human possibly exhibit such remarkable resilience?

She could speak to this because as a half-demon, her recovery ability was already extremely impressive; she’d survived on her own since childhood, making a living by slaying demons. Constantly walking by the river, how could she not sometimes wet her shoes, yet she had lived well to this day.